Urban Sprawl in Europe (eBook, PDF)

Landscape, Land-Use Change and Policy
Redaktion: Couch, Chris; Leontidou, Lila; Petschel-Held, Gerhard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Urban sprawl is one of the most important types of land-use changes currently affecting Europe. It increasingly creates major impacts on the environment (via surface sealing, emissions by transport and ecosystem fragmentation); on the social structure of an area (by segregation, lifestyle changes and neglecting urban centres); and on the economy (via distributed production, land prices, and issues of scale). Urban Sprawl in Europe: landscapes, land-use change & policy explains the nature and dynamics of urban sprawl. The book is written in three parts. Part I considers contemporary definitions, theories and trends in European urban sprawl. In part II authors draw upon experiences from across Europe to consider urban sprawl from a number of perspectives: * Infrastructure-related sprawl, such as can be seen around Athens; * Sprawl in the post-socialist city, as typified by Warsaw, Leipzig and Ljubljana; * Decline and sprawl, where a comparative analysis of Liverpool and Leipzig shows that sprawl is not confined to expanding cities; * Sprawl based on the development of second homes as found in Sweden, Austria and elsewhere. In part III a formal qualitative model of sprawl is developed. Policies for the control of urban sprawl and the roles of different stakeholders are considered. Finally, a concluding chapter raises questions about the nature and dynamics of these new urban landscapes and their sustainability.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470691342
• Artikelnr.: 38184140

Autorenporträt

Chris Couch is Professor of Urban Planning; and Head of Planning and Housing Studies - Liverpool John Mores University Dr Lila Leontidou is a Professor of Geography - Hellenic Open University and University of the Aegean Dr Gerhard Petschel-Held was formerly based at the Institute of the Sociology of Spatial Planning - Vienna University of Technology

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I Theory and Method .

1 Introduction: Definitions, Theories and Methods ofComparative Analysis .

2 Sprawl in European Cities: The Comparative Background.

Part II Types of Urban Sprawl in Europe .

3 Infrastructure-related Urban Sprawl: Mega-events and HybridPeri-urban Landscapes in Southern Europe.

4 Sprawl in the Post-Socialist City: The Changing EconomicandInstitutional Context of Central and Eastern European Cities.

5 Decline and Sprawl: Urban Sprawl is not Confined toExpanding City Regions .

6 No Place Like Second Home: Weekends, Holidays, Retirementand Urban Sprawl .

Part III Models, Urban Policy and Sustainability .

7 Modelling Urban Sprawl: Actors and Mathematics .

8 Lines of Defence: Policies for the Control of UrbanSprawl .

9 Urban Sprawl and Hybrid Cityscapes in Europe: Comparisons,Theory Construction and Conclusions .

Index